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GEORGE FLIlIl'RY DE GROOT AN 1) IRA LYNN THOMPSON, OF MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO PATRICK FARRELLY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLECTION-RECORDING MECHANISM. V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,019, dated May 13, 1902. Application filed August a, 1901. Serial No. 71,355. NomoaeL'.

To all whmn may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE FLEURY DE GRoo'r and IRA LYNN THOMPSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Collection-Recording Mechanism, of which the-following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in mechanism for recording at a post-office or other central station the collection of mailmatter from the street or deposit boxes; and

the object is to'provide a mechanism for this purpose electrically cont-rolled, operating upon the opening of a letter-box to record on a strip of paper the number of the collector, the number of the box, and the date and hour of collection, thus indicating whether collections are promptly made; and a further object is to provide an electrically-controlled device or devices for locking and releasing the letter-box door at stated intervals.

\Ve will describe a collection recording mechanism embodying our invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a recording apparatus embodying our invention and its connection with a current-controller on a letter-box. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the apparatus and showing a shifting and strip-feeding mechanism employed. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the printing mechanism. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.. Fig. (3 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a circuit-controller employed. Fig. Sis an edge view thereof. Fig. 9 shows a box-door locking and releasing mechanism employed, and Fig. 10 is a section on the line 10 10 of Fig. 9.

It may be here stated that a recording device will be provided in the oflice in connection with the several letter-boxes over which a collector of mail has controlthat is, the

several letter-boxes in a route will be connected in series with the apparatus. Therefore a recording apparatus will be required for each collector. However, as they are all of similar construction an illustration and description of one will answer for all.

Arranged within the casing at the postoffice is the recording mechanism, comprising .a tens-wheel 21, mounted on a shaft 22, and a units-wheel 23, mounted on a shafti'l. These wheels are designed for printing the number of the letter-box from which letters are being removed. These wheels 21 and 23 are supported on a base 25, and also supported on this base is an hour-wheel :36, having printing-figures on itsperiphery to indicate the hoursoftheday. 'lhishour-wheelis mounted on a shaft 27, and at the side of the hourwheel is a minute-wheel 28, which is mounted on a shaft 29, designed to be connected, through the medium ofa coupling 30, with the minute-hand arbor ofa clock mechanism. On the shaft 29 is a disk 31, provided with a singletooth 32, designed upon each rotation to engage with one of the teeth of a gear-wheel 33, mounted on a shaft 31. This gear-wheel 33 has twenty-four teeth, or one for each hour of the day. On the shaft 34 is also secured a gear-wheel 35, meshing with a gear-wheel 36 on the shaft 27 of the hour-wheel 26. By this arrangement it is obvious that the minute-wheel will be operated continuously with the clock mechanism. At the end of sixty minutes, however, the tooth 32 of the disk 31 will engage with a tooth of the gear 33 and through the medium of the gears 35 and 36 will rotate the hour-wheel one step er tal. bring the next hour-type into printing position.

011 a shaft 37 is a printing-wheel 38 for indicating the day of the month-that is, it has printing characters on its periphery from l to 31. On this shaft 37 is a gear-wheel 38, designed to be engaged by a tooth 39 on a disk l0, attached to the shaft 34. 40 will have a complete rotation every twentyfour hours, and at the end of each twentyfour hours or at midnight the tooth 39 will engage with a teeth of the gear 38, imparting a single stop motion to the day-printing This dish disk 35s to bring the printing character of that day of the month in printing position.

On the shaft 41 is mount-ed a printing-disk 42 for printing the number of'the collector operating in connection with this recording mechanism, and also mounted on this shaft it is aprinting-whecl 43 for printing on a strip of paper the month of the year. These printing-wheels 4:3 and 43 are designed to be manually rotated on the shaft to bring the proper printing characters into position, and when adjustcd'they may he held by means of a set-nut 4t.

tonnected to the shaft 22 of the printingwheel 2 l is a ratchet-wheel 45, and connected to the shaft 24 for the printing-wheel 23 is a ratchet-wheel 46. These ratchet-wheels are designed to be engaged by eseapements 47 47 to operate first the tens=wheel and then the units-whcehas will be hereinafterdescribed. The escapenients i7 47 are mounted on posts, which formbearings for the shafts. Mounted to slide on a stirrup 48 is a tappet -18. This stirrup is attached to a link 49, the upper end of said link being attached to a lever 50, upon wvhich is an armature 51, coacting with an electromagnet 52. This electromagnet'is designed for raising the stirrup and tappet, while they are lowered by means of a spring 53, connecting at one end with the armaturelever and at the other end with a fixed portion of the casing. A lateral sliding movement of the tappet is caused by an armaturelever 54, pivoted at 55 and having an armature 56 eoacting with an electromagnet 57.

A strip of paper 58 is fed from a. roller 59, mounted on the casing,and passes downward into the casing around an idler 60, and thence underneath the printing-rollers to a feeding device hereinafter described.

Underneath the printing-rollers for the boxnumber and for the time-printing wheels is a vertically-operating platen 61, and operating vertically underneath the other printingwheels is a vertically-moving platen (52. A rod 63 extends downward from the platen 61 through guides 6i and 65 and is designed to be engaged by a hammer 66 on a lever 67, which is operated by engagement therewith of a lug U8, loosely mounted on a disk 69, mounted on a shaft 70, said shaft being kept in constant rotation by a suitable motor, which it is deemed unnecessary to show herein.

At one side of the disk 69 is a clutch-section 71, designed to be engaged by a swinging clutch-section 72. This clutch-section 72 is so connected to the shaft 70 as to rotate therewith, but has a longitudinal movement thereon, and as a means for moving the clutchseetion 72 into engagement with the clutchsection 71 the said section 72 is mounted to rotate in a lever 73, pivoted to the lower portion of the casing and connected at its upper end with an armature 74, coaeting with an eleetroniagnet 75. When the electromagnet T5 is energimd, as will be hereinafter described, it will attract the armature 71. and

7 BEST AVAlLABLE COPY by making the lever 71; engage the clutchsect-ion 72 with the clutch-section 7l, causing the disk (39 to rotate and by bringing the lug 68 into contact with the end of the lever 67 will move the hammer G6 upward, forcing it against the end of the rod 63, which will cause the platen 61 to press the paper against the printing-wheels.

After the printing operation above described the strip of paper is to be moved one step to provide a new space for the next printing operation. This paper-feeding mechanism consists of a block Til, mounted to slide on a rod 77 and held yieldingly by a spring 78. Pivotally connected to the lower side of the block 70 is a gripping-dog 79, designed to engagethe under side of the paper and to press it clossely against the block 76. An operating-rod 80 has pivotal connection with .said gripping-dog 79 and has hearings in studs SI. Between one of the studs 81 and a collar 82 on the rod is a spring 88. At the free end of the rod 80 is an upwardly-extended finger S-t, designed to be engaged by the lug G8 on thedisk (39. Therefore after this lug 68 passes the lever 67 and engages with the finger 84: it will draw the rod 80 rearward against the tension of its spring 81, causing the dog 70 to release its hold on the paper, and thus permit the saiddog and block 76 to move rearward. Then as the lug GS releases the finger 84 the spring 83 will cause an op posite movement of the rod 80, sothat the dog 79 will grip the paper and cause it, with the block, to move along one step.

The platen (12 has link connection 85 S6 with pins 87 88, the inner ends of which move in a fixed sleeve 89 and are pressed apart by a spring, as cle. rly indicated in Fig. 3. The outer ends of t iese pins 87 88 are engaged, respectively, with face-cams 90 and 91, mounted on a shaft 92, on which is mounted a pulley 93, engaged by a band 94, which passes around a pulley J5, loosely mounted on the shaft 70, these pulleys U3 and being of equal diameter, so that a complete rotation of the pulley 95 will cause a complete rotation of the pulley 93. The pulley 95 is provided with a clutch-section 96, designed to be engaged by a clutch-section 07, mounted to rotate with the shaft 70, but having a 1ongitudinal movement thereon. This clutchsection 97 is carried by a lever 98, pivoted at its lower end and connecting at its upper end with an armature .lil, coacting with an electromagnet 100. 70 is in constant rotation. Therefore when the magnet 100 is energized and attracts the armature 99 the said shaft will be put in clutch connection with the pulley 95, and therefore the pulley 93 will be rotated, so that the face-cams 90 and 91 will force the pins 87 and SS inward, swinging the links 85 and St to cause an upward movement of the platen U2, forcing the paper against the printing-wheels, and thus printing the oollcetofis number, the month, and the day.

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As before stated, the shaft 101, mounted on a shaft 102.

The band 04 also passes around a pulley This pulley 101 is loosely mounted on the shaft, and a spring 103 is connected at one end to said pulley, while' the other-end is connected to the shaft. Also mounted on the shaft 102 is a pinion engaging with a gear-wheel104, on the shaft of which is a stop-disk 105, having a notch in its periphery adapted to be engaged by a stoppin 106, carried on the lower end of a lever 107. ,Theupper end of said lever is designed to be engagedv by a tappct 108 on the shaft 92. Therefore during the movement of the band 94 the pulley 101 will be turned in such direc tion as to wind the spring 103, the shaft being held by the stop-wheel 105, engaged by the finger 100. Then, however, the tappet 10S engages with the upper end of the-lever 107, it will move thefinger'lOG out of engagement with the stop-disk, permitting the spring 103 to cause a reverse movement of the shaft 102, and a finger 109 on said shaft 102 will engage with a shoulder- 110 on the rod 80, moving said rod against the resistance of its spring 83, and when the finger 109 shall have passed said shoulder 110 the rod will be re leased, so that its spring 103 will move it forward and cause a feeding movement of the paper strip, as before described. Of course during the-rotation of the stop-disk 105 the end of the finger 106 will ride upon its periphery until the notch in the disk comes in line with the finger, when a spring 111, attached to the lever 107 will move the finger into said notch, thus stopping the movement of the parts.

We will now describe the means for closing the electric circuit upon the opening of a letter-bo.\'. Attached to each letter-box is a casing 112, within which a controller-disk 113 is mounted to rotate. From a sprocket-wheel 114 on the shaft of this controller-disk a sprocket chain or strap 115 extends to a connection with a sprocket-wheel 116, mounted in an otfset 117 of the casing 112, and the shaft 118 for this sprocket-wheel 116 has connection with the pintle of the hinge for the door 119. The sprocket-pinion 114 instead of being rigidly attached to the shaft of the disk 113 is connected to a barrel 120, within which is a winding-spring 121, this spring 121 being connected at one end to the barrel and at the other end to the shaft of said controlling-disk. The shaft 118 has a clutch connection with the sprocket 116, so that said sprocket will be rotated only when the door than the strip numbered 5.

see? manners core On the shaft of the disk 113 is a disk 130, hav-' ing a notch 131, in which a finger 132 on a brake-lever 133 is designed to engage. This brake-lever is pivoted at its lower end, and its upper end is designed to engage with the balance-wheel 123 to stop the same after the disk 113 shall have made one complete revolution and the finger 132 drops back into the notch 131. It will be seen that one wall of the notch or the wall opposite the direction of rotation of the disk is cam-shaped or curved, so as to cause the finger to ride outward toward the periphery, where it is held until the finger again reaches the notch, as before described. The rotation of the disk 113 is designed to move the wheels 21 or 23 to indicate the box-number. It is provided in its periphery at intervals with blocks of insulating material. As here shown, short blocks of insulating material are indicated by the numerals 1 2 3 4, the longer strip or block by the numeral 5, then three short blocks numbered from 0 to 2, and then a strip numbered 3, of insulating material, is considerably longer A contact-pin 134 has spring-yielding contact with the periphery of the disk 113. From this pin 134 a wire- 135 leads to one pole of' a battery 136, and from the other pole of this battery a wire 137leads to a binding-post 138, which has connection with one end of the coil of an electromagnet 130, the object of which will be hereinafter described, and from the other end of this elect-romagnet 139 a wire 140 extends to the electromagnet 52, and from this elect-romagnet 52 a wire 141 leads to a binding-post 142, from which a wire 143 leads to electrical connection with the disk 113. Ooacting with one pole of the electromagnet 52 is an armature 144, and as this armature 144 is designed to have a slower movement than the armature 51 we connect said armature 144 or its lever with a piston-rod 145, operating in a dash-pot 140. This armature 144 has electrical connection with abinding-post147,from which a wire 148 leads to the electromagnet 57, and from this electromagnet 57 a wire 140 leads to a binding-post 150, having connection with the wire 137, and the opposite end of said electromagnet is designed to close the circuit for energizing the eleetromagnet 57 by engaging with a contact-screw 151,fro1n which a wire 152 leads to the pole of the battery 130 opposite that engaged by the wire 137. It will be understood that the current is normally closed through the electromagnets 52 and 1'30. The electromagnet 139 is designed to control the closing of the circuit through the electromagnet 75. As here shown one end of the elcctromagnet 75 is connected by wire 153 with a binding-post 154, from which a wire 155 extends to the wire 148, and from the other end of the clcctromagnct 75 a wire 156 leads to a binding-post 157, having wire connection with the armature-lever 158, coaoting with the electromagnet 139. This armature-lever 158 is regulated in its opening movement, or rather it is caused to have a slow opcningmovement by means of a dashpot 159. When in' this open position, the armature-lever 153 comes in contact with a contact-point 160, from which a wire 161 leads to a connection with the wire 137.

We will now describe a means for looking a street letter-box during the time that mails are not to be collected, the said means being so arranged as to automatically release the box during hours of collection. This locking means is shown clearly in Figs. 9 and 10. Attached to the inner side of the box-door 119 is a keeper 162, designed to be engaged by the hook end of a swinging latch 163, pivoted to a wall of the box. This latch 163 also forms an armature for the electromagnet 164, arranged in the box. This electromagnet is connected by wires 165 and 166 to the main line-wires,the w-ire 165 being practically a continuation of the main wire 152, while the wire 166 is a continuation of the wire 143. As here shown, the current is to be closed between the wire 166 and the main wire through a contact-point 167, designed to be engaged by a lever 168, which is connected to the line wire by a wire 143. A disk 170 is rotated by a clock mechanism or other means, and onthis disk and extending about one-half its circumference is a cam portion 171. \Vhen said cam portion comes in contact with the end of the lever 168, it forces it down upon the contact-point 167 and closes the circuit through the electromagnet, thus drawing the latch 163 out of engagement with the keeper 162, so that the door 119 may be opened during the hours of collection. When the linewircsare open, however, at the end of the days collection, the electromagnet 16-1 will be dccnergized, permitting the locking-latch to fall into engagement with the keeper.

The general operation of the device is as follows: \Vhen the collector opens the door of the letter-box, the shaft 118 will be revolved, winding the spring 121, as before described. Upon closing the door said spring will cause a single rotation of the controllingdisk 113. The insulating-blocks in the periphery of the disk are designed to indicate the box-number. \Vhen the disk begins to revolve, it will first open the circuit, which will permit the armature 50 to fall and allow the escapement 4.7 to pass one tooth of its ratchet-wheel, which will bring the 1" of the tens-wheel :31 in place to print; but as this is not the number of the box the strip of insulating material (numbered 1 in Fig. 7) is very short and will open the circuit fora very short time, and when the contact-point 131 is reached midway between the first and second insulating-blocks the circuit will be again closed, allowing the escape-ment-whcel to move (HICQIIIOI'O, which sets the typo-wheel SE81 AVAltAdtE CC P\ half-wa between 1 and 2 and when "the circuit is opened by the contact-point 13st coming in contact with the second rubber strip it will permit the escapement to tick once again, turning the 2 in position to print, and so on until the first figure or tenths of the number of the box comes in connection with the insulating-block numbered 5 in Fig. 7. This strip or block is made very much longer than the others andcauses the circuit to stay open long enough to permit the armature 144 to come in contact with the point 151. As before stated, the dashpot 146 will cause a slow movement of said armature. When this contact is made, the local circuit is closed through 147.and 150 and through the magnet 57, which, drawing upon the armature 56, moves the part 48 from the escapement 47 and engages it with the escapement47, which operates the units printing-wheel. When the disk 113 moves sufiiciently or to the point marked 0 in Fig. 7, the circuit is opened, permitting the armature 50 to fall, causing the units type-wheel to turn in position for l to print, and so on to the figure which is to be printed on the numherof the box, as before described. Then when the contact-point 134 engages with the long block numbered 3 in Fig.7 the circuit will be held open sulliciently long to permit the armature 158 to come in contact with the point 160. The dash-pot permits this movement in about one second. This causes the circuit through the clectromaguet 75, which throws the friction-clutch section, as before described, causing the feed of the paper and also causing the platen to rise. This platen rises, however, before the paper strip is fed along.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a collection recording mechanism, a recording device located at a central oifiee, an electric circuit in which the recording device is located, a circuit-controllersupported on a letter-box for opening and closing the electric circuit and means in the circuit for unlockint, the box, substantially as specified.

2. In a collection-recording mechanism, a recording device located at a post-ollice, electric devices for causing movements of the recording devices, an electric circuit in which the electric devices are placed, anda circuitcontroller supported on a letter-box and operated by a movement of the letter-box door, substantially as specified.

3. In a collection-recordingdcvicc,a recording mechanism, comprising printing-wheels, electric devices for causing movements of said printing-wheels, for printing on a recordstrip, electric devices for controlling the feeding of said record-strip, an electric circuit in which said electric devices are located, and a circuitcontrollcr supported on a letter-box and operated by a movement of the letter-box door, substmitially as specified.

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4. In a device for recording the collection of mail-matter, a recording mechanism adapted to be located at a central oiiice and comprising printing-wheels,plateus movable relatively to said printing wheels, an electromagnet for causing the movements of said printing-wheels to print the number of the box from which the collection is made, means for imparting motion to others of the printingwheels, electric devices for moving the platens, electric devices for causing the feeding movement of a record-strip, an electric circuit in which said electric devices are arranged, and a circuit-closer located on a letter-box and operated by an opening movement of the letter-box door, substantially as specified.

5. In a collection-recording mechanism, a recording device, comprising printing-wheels for printing on a strip the numberof aletterbox, printing-wheels for printing the time of thecollection from said letter-box, said last named printing-wheels being adapted for connection witlta clock mechanism, an electric device for operating the first-named wheels, means for causing a step-by-step movement of a paper strip, platens for moving the paper against the printing-wheels, electric devices for controlling the movements of said platens,

an electric circuit in which the electric devices are arranged, and a circuit-controllerin the circuit and attached to the letter-box, the said circuit-controller being operated by a movement of the letter-box door, substantially as specified.

(3. In an apparatus for recording the collection of mail-matter, a recording mechanism located at a post-oilice, said recording mechanism comprising printing-wheels, for printing on a record-strip movable along said wheels, platens movable under the printingwheels,1neans for moving the printing-wheels to printing position, means for moving the platens toward the printing-wheels when in such printing position, means for feeding the strip after the printing, electric devices for controlling the movements of said printingwheels, platens and paper strip, an electric circuit in which said electric devices are arranged, and a circuit-closer in the circuit and arranged on a lctter-bo.\', the said circuitcloscr being operated by amovement of the letter-box door, substantially as specified.

'7. In a collection-recording mechanism, a recording apparatus, comprising printingwheels, an electric circuit, electric devices in said circuit for causing movements of certain of the printing-whcels,.a circuit-closer operated by a letter-box door for closing and opening said circuit, a record-strip-t'eeding device, comprising a sliding block, a grip ping-dog pivoted to said block,a rod extended from said dog, a spring for moving the rod in one direction, a rotating shaft, a disk loosely mounted on said shaft and havingalu", elec- D trirally-cmltrollcd mcans for locking said disk BEST AVAILABLE COPE 5 to the shaft, causing said lug to engage with said rod and move it in one direction, and a platen also operated by said lug, substan tially as specified.

8. In a collection-recording mechanism, a recording apparatus located at a post-oilice or the like, electric devices for operating the printing apparatus, an electric circuit in which said electric devices are located, and a circuit-closer comprising a casing attached to a letter-box, a disk mounted in said casing and having blocks of insulating material trically-controlled means are located, a circuit-closer, comprising a casing adapted to be secured to a letter-box, a disk mounted to rotate in said casing and having insulatingblocks spaced apart in its periphery, a contact-pin engaging with theperiphery of said disk, a spring for causinga movementot' said disk in one direction, a connection between said spring and the pintle of the box-door hinge,whereby the spring will be wound upon opening the door, a governor for the spring, and a brake for the disk, substantially as specified.

10. In a mail-collection-recording mechanism,two printingwvheels for printing the number of a letter-box from which mail is collected, ratchet-wheels mounted on the shafts of said printing-wheels, escapements for engaging with said ratchet-wheels, a tappet adapted for engagement with either one of said escapements, an electromagnet for causing the movement of said tappct from one escapement to the other, an electromagnet for moving the said tappet out of engagement with the escapement, a spring for moving the tappet into engagement with said escapcment, an electric circuit in which the said electromagnets are located, and a circuit-controller in the circuit, said circuit-controller being at tached to a letter-box and operated by an opening movement of theletter-box door, substantially as specified.

ll. In a recording mechanism, a recording device, an electric circuit in which the recording device is located,a circuit-closer arranged in a box havinga door, aspring for operating said circuit-closcrin circuit-closingdirection, and connections between said spring and the box-door whereby the spring is wound by opening movement of the door, substantially as specified.

1;. In a recording apparatus, printingwheels, means for causing the movements of said printing-wheels, a platen movable under certain of said printing-wheels, an electromagnet for causing an operative movement of said platen, an electronlagnet for controlling, the circuit through the first-namedeiectromagnet, an electric circuit, and a circuitcontroller located on a letter-box and operated by a movement'of the "letter-box door, substantially as specified.

13. In a recording mechanism, a recording device, an electric circuit in which the recording'device is located, a letter-box having a device arranged at a central station, an elec tric circuit in which the recording device is placed, a letter-box, a circuit-closer in said letter-box, a swinging latch for locking the door of the box, an electromagnet for moving said latch in one direction, the said electroinagn'etbeing arranged in the said electric circuit, and a device in the circuit 01 closing the same and energizingsaid electromagne't, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed mar names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE FLEURY DE GROOT. I IRA LYNN THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

NATHANIEL 0. Tom, HARRY A. WEIR. 

